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Missile Defense

Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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lunarchick - 10:19pm Jan 7, 2003 EST (# 7463 of 7479)

Reviewing the OLOGY link .... the following have pride of place on this the MD thread :

^{alethiology study of truth
anthropology study of human cultures
chaology the study of chaos or chaos theory
demology study of human behaviour
deontology the theory or study of moral obligation
ethnomethodology study of everyday communication
futurology study of future
garbology study of garbage
geotechnics study of increasing habitability of the earth
hoplology the study of weapons
ichthyology study of fish
irenology the study of peace
kalology study of beauty
ktenology science of putting people to death
mereology study of part-whole relationships
metapsychology study of nature of the mind
nomology the science of the laws; especially of the mind
palaeolimnology study of ancient fish
primatology study of primates
semantics study of meaning
semantology science of meanings of words
semasiology study of meaning; semantics
semiology study of signs and signals
semiotics study of signs and symbols
significs science of meaning
sophiology science of ideas
sphragistics study of seals and signets
sphygmology study of the pulse
splanchnology study of the entrails or viscera
stemmatology study of relationships between texts
stratography art of leading an army
synectics study of processes of invention
systematology study of systems
thanatology study of death and its customs
thaumatology study of miracles}

Begs the question -

??? What do folks study in International Relations courses - What do they need to know in order to talk effectively with each other - What stops Chaos - What effects PEACE?

almarst2002 - 10:44pm Jan 7, 2003 EST (# 7464 of 7479)

The US government is preparing to unleash a wave of military violence around the world not seen since the 1930s and 1940s. The closest historical parallel to the foreign policy of the Bush administration, in its unabashed reliance on brute force and aggression, is that of the Nazis.

- http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/jan2003/2003-j06.shtml

almarst2002 - 10:50pm Jan 7, 2003 EST (# 7465 of 7479)

The war against Iraq and America’s drive for world domination - http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/oct2002/iraq-o04.shtml

bbbuck - 10:51pm Jan 7, 2003 EST (# 7466 of 7479)
"You can't eat this, it's people, it's people"-B....."What about the cherry pie?"

The World Socialist Web Site?
oookey dookey
I liked the section 'What would Trostky drive?'.

almarst2002 - 10:56pm Jan 7, 2003 EST (# 7467 of 7479)

Afghan war documentary charges US with mass killings of POWs - http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/jun2002/afgh-j17.shtml

almarst2002 - 11:06pm Jan 7, 2003 EST (# 7468 of 7479)

bbbuck 1/7/03 10:51pm

Sorry,

I forgot the word Socialist is not welcome in a "land of free and brave".

bbbuck - 11:19pm Jan 7, 2003 EST (# 7469 of 7479)
"You can't eat this, it's people, it's people"-B....."What about the cherry pie?"

Huh?
Link everyone of those articles, partner.
We've got a reading group that numbers about 10.
Get after it young socialist.
Lenin would be proud of you. At least I think he believed in Socialism, right up until the time Stalin told him he was not needed.

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